net.windward.util
Class StringTagFormatter

java.lang.Object
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public class StringTagFormatter

extends java.lang.Object

Version:

1.0 Jun 12, 2004

Constructor Summary

StringTagFormatter()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	dataToRaw(java.lang.String nodeText, java.lang.String textType, java.lang.String inPattern, java.util.Locale locale) Returns the nodeText as raw data, converted as requested by the attributes.
static java.lang.String	rawToText(java.lang.String nodeText, java.lang.String textPattern, java.util.Locale locale) Returns the raw text, converted as requested by the attributes.
static java.lang.String	rawToText(java.lang.String nodeText, java.lang.String textType, java.lang.String outPattern, java.util.Locale locale) Returns the raw text, converted as requested by the attributes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringTagFormatter

public StringTagFormatter()

Method Detail

dataToRaw

public static java.lang.String dataToRaw(java.lang.String nodeText,
                                         java.lang.String textType,
                                         java.lang.String inPattern,
                                         java.util.Locale locale)

Returns the nodeText as raw data, converted as requested by the attributes. The default operation is to return nodeText.
There are several attempts to parse the input string. For a number/currency/percent, it first attempts to parse the string using the appropiate NumberFormat.parse() method and using NumberFormat.applyPattern(). If this fails, it then tries Double.parseDouble(). If that fails it will then throw NodeFormatException.
For date/time/both it makes three passes when attempting to parse. First it will try DateFormat.parse() using DateFormat.applyPattern(). If that fails, it will try in order DateFormat.parse() using the patterns FULL, LONG, MEDIUM, and SHORT without using applyPattern(). If that fails it will assume nodeText is a long and try Date (Long.parseLong()). If it is not a long, it will throw a NumberFormatException.

Parameters:

nodeText - The text in a xml node.

textType - The value NUMBER, CURRENCY, PERCENT, BITMAP, or "".

inPattern - The input pattern (see SimpleDateFormat or NumberFormat). Set to "" if none.

locale - The local used for parsing and displaying the text.

Returns:

The passed in text converted as requested.

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - thrown if cannot parse the nodeText.

rawToText

public static java.lang.String rawToText(java.lang.String nodeText,
                                         java.lang.String textPattern,
                                         java.util.Locale locale)

Returns the raw text, converted as requested by the attributes. The default operation is to return nodeText.

Parameters:

nodeText - The text in a xml node.

textPattern - The text type - NUMBER, DATE, etc., optionally followed by "-pattern".

locale - The local used for parsing and displaying the text.

Returns:

The passed in text converted as requested.

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - thrown if cannot parse the nodeText.

rawToText

public static java.lang.String rawToText(java.lang.String nodeText,
                                         java.lang.String textType,
                                         java.lang.String outPattern,
                                         java.util.Locale locale)

Returns the raw text, converted as requested by the attributes. The default operation is to return nodeText.

Parameters:

nodeText - The text in a xml node.

textType - The text type - NUMBER, DATE, etc.

outPattern - The pattern to be passed to the date/time formatter. Pass "" for none. This can be SHORT, etc.

locale - The local used for parsing and displaying the text.

Returns:

The passed in text converted as requested.

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - thrown if cannot parse the nodeText.